Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · May 2010
Pressure pain sensitivity mapping in experimentally induced lateral epicondylalgia.
The aim of this study was to apply topographical techniques to investigate changes in pressure pain sensitivity after induction of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in the elbow region in healthy subjects. ⋯ The study provides new key information regarding mechanical pain hyperalgesia in experimentally induced LE. Topographical pressure pain sensitivity maps from the elbow region revealed heterogeneously distributed mechanical sensitivity before and during DOMS. The most sensitive localizations for PPT assessment correspond to the muscle belly of the extensor carpi radialis brevis. Our results support the implication of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle in LE.